Sun & Shade Analyzer (SASHA)

Hook Mountain Software Development, Inc.

About this app

Will your plants get the right amount of sunlight??

Stop Guessing!

Sun And Shade Analyzer (SASHA) is an app which quickly analyzes a location and tells you the average hours of direct sunlight it will get, taking into consideration shading foliage, buildings, etc.

SASHA helps the you to scan sun’s path across the sky by means of on-screen augmented reality indicators. During this scan, images are captured of any obstructions which would block direct sun light from reaching your device. SASHAanalyzes these images, superimposing the sun’s paths, and determines whether or not any of these obstructions would block direct sunlight from reaching your device.

You are then presented with the average number of hours of direct sunlight that would strike your location during the chosen date range. By default, the date range used is the local growing season based on your GPS location; however, you can set any value from 2 days to a year.

Save time, save money! SASHA will quickly repay you with thriving plants and reduced frustration!

"Wonderful app, nothing else like it after an extensive search." Mike G.


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Ratings and reviews

I have been having the best time with this app. My backyard had very many declining, diseased pine trees, and we've been having them taken down as we can afford to. SASHA has helped me analyze the areas we've opened up for possible planting space, for both annuals and perennials. What has been striking to me is seeing that some areas I thought didn't get enough sun actually do, and others that I thought got enough sun for vegetable growing just don't. (Hint: calibrate frequently to be sure you don't get errors.) By changing the date range configuration in SASHA and going one month at a time, I've been able to determine spots that lend themselves well to certain types of vegetable plantings (i.e., cool season or warm season crops) so I can try to maximize planting areas. I can also get a feel for which trees ought to come down next based on what I want to accomplish for the following year. The developer is a very generous man who has been very open to suggestions on how this app might be made even better than it already is. You'd spend this much on renting one movie, tipping your Instacart driver, or buying a fancy double latte. Even if you decide it won't work perfectly for you for everything, it's a lot of fun to play with SASHA. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the app evolves over time!

I'm super excited about using the app! Does it have to be a sunny day to work correctly? It was in the instruction video. But I just tried it on a cloudy day and it said 0.0 hours of sun. I assumed it worked by taking photos of the objects in the way of the sun path, but maybe it works based on the brightness meter in the phones camera? I'm not mad at all, I suspect this is user error, but so far "inaccurate" results. (Except that obviously on a cloudy day the spot was getting no sun).

The app works well, whilst being simple and straightforward to use. Our weather station is recharged by solar power, but was only getting intermittent charging due to lots of trees around our yard and we needed to resite it. The app made this a breeze. We ended up easily finding the optimum place to site the weather station to get the maximum amount of sun. The SASHA app already does the key things it needs to very well, and will only get better.

What’s new

Address crashes when starting app in API 34.